Antlers are growing.. - Page 2

Dunezilla · #31 07-09-2015, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bassett

Wish I had some cameras to put out!! Bears claimed one

That happened to me too. Good thing it was a cheaper one. I stuck up a he Moultrie Game Spy D40 Digital Game Trail Camera. Got it from Walmart a few years back. Took good picture up till 5 weeks ago until it was broken by I presumed was a bear. So I stuck up a bit better one & this time I got to see the mamma bear with her cubs & one cub was still in the tree where the new camera was. That camera had a hole in the flash & had scratches on the casing from the cubs claws. This time around I also put up a second camera (in video mode) that faces that other camera.

I put up a bit cheaper cameras in that area because I thought if they get plowed under do to site wells going up then it won't hurt as much to lose them. $180 on clearance for $100 seemed cheap enough if something did happen.

However I never thought that a bear would be doing the damage.

husky7mm · #32 07-09-2015, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dunezilla

That happened to me too. Good thing it was a cheaper one. I stuck up a he Moultrie Game Spy D40 Digital Game Trail Camera. Got it from Walmart a few years back. Took good picture up till 5 weeks ago until it was broken by I presumed was a bear. So I stuck up a bit better one & this time I got to see the mamma bear with her cubs & one cub was still in the tree where the new camera was. That camera had a hole in the flash & had scratches on the casing from the cubs claws. This time around I also put up a second camera (in video mode) that faces that other camera.

I put up a bit cheaper cameras in that area because I thought if they get plowed under do to site wells going up then it won't hurt as much to lose them. $180 on clearance for $100 seemed cheap enough if something did happen.

However I never thought that a bear would be doing the damage.

The well site needs to be surveyed and flagged up long before its built, same goes for the road. Keep ur cams outside of the pink or orange ribbon!
Bears and elk wreck more cams than anything.

Bownsaw30 · #33 07-10-2015, 12:20 PM

Passed on him last year and I'm happy at the growth.

J0HN_R1 · #34 07-10-2015, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bownsaw30

Passed on him last year and I'm happy at the growth.

Looks like a shooter now !

Good luck, man.

Thinlizzy · #35 07-11-2015, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bownsaw30

Passed on him last year and I'm happy at the growth.

I'm liking his growth too.
He's gonna be a good buck.

Bownsaw30 · #36 07-12-2015, 08:02 PM

Well this guy is making my opening day archery plans difficult since wide guy and this buck are about 200km apart

here is the buck I call King (G2 is crowning like a stag a little bit

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CBR · #37 07-12-2015, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bownsaw30

Well this guy is making my opening day archery plans difficult since wide guy and this buck are about 200km apart

here is the buck I call King (G2 is crowning like a stag a little bit

)

Nice looking bucks!

kujoseto · #38 07-12-2015, 10:02 PM

Bown, both are nice bucks. My preference if I were hunting them would be the wide one, but I don't focus on scores. Either way, you have two nice bucks to chase the next two seasons. Hopefully you get both

DRhunter · #39 07-13-2015, 08:13 AM

Great to see the trail cam pics! Gets a guy pretty excited for the season!!

beaver hunter · #40 07-13-2015, 11:03 AM

Some potential here!

J0HN_R1 · #41 07-13-2015, 11:17 AM

I just moved my cams (back) to where my first pics were taken...

Put out some attractant minerals & apples for them to snack on.

bucksnbears · #42 07-13-2015, 05:09 PM

The moose · #43 07-13-2015, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bucksnbears

is that top one a unique whity or a mule with forward beams? long brows for a mulee

bucksnbears · #44 07-14-2015, 03:54 AM

pure whitetail. here is was last year.

The moose · #45 07-14-2015, 08:10 AM

yup that's what I expected the answer was. Very cool

husky7mm · #46 07-14-2015, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Bownsaw30

Well this guy is making my opening day archery plans difficult since wide guy and this buck are about 200km apart

here is the buck I call King (G2 is crowning like a stag a little bit

)

I think the wide one is a class above this buck. Its nice yo have opptions. Are your cams in areas that only support a nov whitetail season, just curious? Seems to be a shortage of mature bucks in the MUs with the long seasons.

The moose · #47 07-14-2015, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by husky7mm

I think the wide one is a class above this buck. Its nice yo have opptions. Are your cams in areas that only support a nov whitetail season, just curious? Seems to be a shortage of mature bucks in the MUs with the long seasons.

I have to agree. I believe King is a younger deer but with outstanding potential. Judging from Mr.Wides brow tines I would expect his tine length to increase and be a very nice buck

Emeeensr · #48 07-14-2015, 09:43 PM

I pulled pics this weekend too and will get them up, but it got me wondering about how much growth season is left. Do they come out of velvet around Sep 1? And are they growing right up till then?

Lots of great deer guys, your seasons are looking excited!

gramps73 · #49 07-14-2015, 10:16 PM

Great picture fellows,
thanks for sharing

7mmremmag · #50 07-15-2015, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Emeeensr

I pulled pics this weekend too and will get them up, but it got me wondering about how much growth season is left. Do they come out of velvet around Sep 1? And are they growing right up till then?

I find the deer in my area dont put much on after mid August

Puma · #51 07-15-2015, 08:53 AM

A few of these guys hanging around the farm...

bucksnbears · #52 07-15-2015, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 7mmremmag

I find the deer in my area dont put much on after mid August

immpossable

7mmremmag · #53 07-15-2015, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by bucksnbears

immpossable

Why?

bucksnbears · #54 07-15-2015, 01:22 PM

because they are DONE growing by then.

dmcbride · #55 07-15-2015, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bucksnbears

because they are DONE growing by then.

Not around here, some are but not all.

crownb · #56 07-15-2015, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dmcbride

Not around here, some are but not all.

Yuup the biggest buck I ever shot still had velvet on sept 27th, he definately grew right through august. However most are getting close to their full potential by the middle of august.

bucksnbears · #57 07-15-2015, 02:02 PM

been running cams for 15 years and have watched 100's of bucks grow.
don't think i've ever seen one put on an inch after Aug 12-15th.
maybe bucks grow different in northern MN??.

6mm rem · #58 07-16-2015, 10:22 PM

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Bownsaw30 · #59 07-17-2015, 08:26 PM

No both bucks are in areas where archery opens sept.1 so they have just been a bit smarter than the rest of the deer I suppose. ie. i didn't get a day time photo or see wide guy in person until nov. 21 last year but then i saw him 4 days in a row in bow range.

husky7mm · #60 07-18-2015, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Bownsaw30

No both bucks are in areas where archery opens sept.1 so they have just been a bit smarter than the rest of the deer I suppose. ie. i didn't get a day time photo or see wide guy in person until nov. 21 last year but then i saw him 4 days in a row in bow range.

I meant a rifle nov season?